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Rodney J. Folz, M.D., Ph.D.

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Rodney J. Folz, M.D., Ph.D.





Rodney J. Folz, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Section Chief, University of Louisville Hospital
  • Program Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis
  • Distinguished University Scholar
University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-5841 - Academic Office
502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments



ULP - Pulmonology

Clinical Expertise

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Interstitial Lung Disease; Asthma; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Pulmonary Complications of Bone Marrow Transplant; Cystic Fibrosis

 

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease


Education and Training

  • Medical School: Washington University

  • Residency: Duke University

  • Fellowship: Duke University

  • Ph.D.: Washington University


Recent Publications

  • Aslan, SC, MK Chopra, WB McKay, RJ Folz, and AV Ovechkin. Evaluation of Respiratory Activation using Respiratory Motor Control Assessment (RMCA) in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Visualized Experiments, in press, 2013.

  • Cavallazzi, R and RJ Folz. Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Clinical Respiratory Medicine. 4th Edition, Chapter 77. RK Albert, SG Spiro, and JR Jett (eds). Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2012.

  • Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, M Griese, DK Madtes, JA Belperio, IY Haddad, RJ Folz, and KR Cooke. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement: Non-infectious lung injury after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 183:1262-1279, 2011.

  • Terson de Paleville DG, McKay WB, Folz RJ, Ovechkin AV. Respiratory Motor Control Disrupted by Spinal Cord Injury: Mechanisms, Evaluation, and Restoration. Transl Stroke Res. 2011 Dec 1;2(4):463-473. PubMed PMID: 22408690; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3297359. 

  • Zelko IN, Stepp MW, Vorst AL, Folz RJ. Histone acetylation regulates the cell-specific and interferon-γ-inducible expression of extracellular superoxide dismutase in human pulmonary arteries. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2011 Nov;45(5):953-61. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0012OC. Epub 2011 Apr 14. PubMed PMID: 21493784; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3262691.

  • Kelsey CR, Horwitz ME, Chino JP, Craciunescu O, Steffey B, Folz RJ, Chao NJ, Rizzieri DA, Marks LB. Severe pulmonary toxicity after myeloablative conditioning using total body irradiation: an assessment of risk factors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Nov 1;81(3):812-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.058. Epub 2010 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 20932682.

  • Folz RJ and M Cirino-Marcano.  Pulmonary complications of organ transplantation. The Textbook of Respiratory Medicine.  5'th Edition.  Chapter 81. JF Murray, JA Nadel, RJ Mason and VC Broaddus (eds). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2010.

  •  Zelko IN, Folz RJ. Extracellular superoxide dismutase attenuates release of pulmonary hyaluronan from the extracellular matrix following bleomycin exposure. FEBS Lett. 2010 Jul 2;584(13):2947-52. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.05.025. Epub 2010 May 21. PubMed PMID: 20493858; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2892677.

  • Zelko IN, Mueller MR, Folz RJ. CpG methylation attenuates Sp1 and Sp3 binding to the human extracellular superoxide dismutase promoter and regulates its cell-specific expression. Free Radic Biol Med. 2010 Apr 1;48(7):895-904. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.01.007. Epub 2010 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 20079429; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2838251. 

  • Zhang J, Ma J, Zhou S, Hubbs JL, Wong TZ, Folz RJ, Evans ES, Jaszczak RJ, Clough R, Marks LB. Radiation-induced reductions in regional lung perfusion: 0.1-12 year data from a prospective clinical study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Feb 1;76(2):425-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.005. Epub 2009 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 19632063.

  • Itoh S, Ozumi K, Kim HW, Nakagawa O, McKinney RD, Folz RJ, Zelko IN, Ushio-Fukai M, Fukai T. Novel mechanism for regulation of extracellular SOD transcription and activity by copper: role of antioxidant-1. Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jan 1;46(1):95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.039. Epub 2008 Oct 21. PubMed PMID: 18977292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2630370.

  • Zelko IN, Mueller MR, Folz RJ. Transcription factors sp1 and sp3 regulate expression of human extracellular superoxide dismutase in lung fibroblasts. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2008 Aug;39(2):243-51. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0378OC. Epub 2008 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 18314536; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2542458. 

  • Mao J, Kocak Z, Zhou S, Garst J, Evans ES, Zhang J, Larrier NA, Hollis DR, Folz RJ, Marks LB. The impact of induction chemotherapy and the associated tumor response on subsequent radiation-related changes in lung function and tumor response. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Apr 1;67(5):1360-9. Epub 2007 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 17276621; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1950850.

  • Mao J, Zhang J, Zhou S, Das S, Hollis DR, Folz RJ, Wong TZ, Marks LB. Updated assessment of the six-minute walk test as predictor of acute radiation-induced pneumonitis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Mar 1;67(3):759-67. PubMed PMID: 17293233.

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